ALFRED BRUDER band organ

code number 015

Just after WWI, Alfred BRUDER stepped into the BRUDER dynasty's business of making organs at Waldkirch, Germany. He couldn't have picked a worst time ! ...In spite of his skills and several good opportunities such as to be able to take over the factory that Limonaire had just left there in 1926, the production was never big and as a result it is definitively a rare instrument that The Great Canadian Nickelodeon Company has the pleasure to present here for sale.

Following the actual owner's information, the organ has been built in 1922.Germany at that time had certainly nothing to do with the American "roaring twennies". All on the contrary, it was a time of revolution threatening, unemployement, strikes and financial crisis (stamps at 10,000 Deutschmarks for your mail were not rare !). So to survive you had to be REALLY good and Alfred Bruder's factory went through till his early death in 1937, aged 48.

The organ is in perfect condition of painting as well as of playing.Bright colours of the façade, a typical Alps mountains scene and an articulated "Walkyrie" ( soldier-virgin of the German old mythology) band master ! Her right arm follows the tempo while her left one indicates the piano and forte. Please note that this figure was made by the famous Demetz factory in Tirol (Austria) and originally came with this instrument.

And if all this was not enough, this organ also comes with 1100 meters of new made music, mostly arranged by Carl Frei.Click on the book at right to reach the list of the titles available ---------Et comme si celà ne suffisait pas, cet orgue est aussi vendu avec 1100m de musique (cartons récents) principalement arrangée par Carl Frei.Cliquez sur le livre à droite pour atteindre la liste des titres disponibles-----

listen to more music !!! / écoutez plus de musique !!!

Just click on this band master figure and you'll reach 8 more songs. Enjoy !